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1.2.08 @ 12:01AM

MORE OF A YAWNING CHASM, REALLY
Re: Philip Klein's Wither, Iowa:

In the wake of his brutal putdown of Iowa, allow me to suggest the following 2008 travel schedule for Phil:

DIXVILLE NOTCH, N.H.: "...grim-visaged tightwads huddled around a woodstove hardly deserve their distinction as..."

SOMEWHERE IN NORTHERN MICHIGAN: "...GREAT Lakes, the locals insist, and geographers timidly play along..."

MT. RUSHMORE: "... but really, what did Teddy ever do to merit inclusion in..."

ARIZONA: "... as canyons go, it's rather large, although 'Grand' might be a bit of stretch..."

PALOMAR OBSERVATORY: "...after all, and despite its undeniable largeness, once you've spent some time looking at it, the universe's reputation as 'vast' seems decidedly overrated..."
-- Robert Stacy McCain
Hagerstown, Maryland

GORE MORE YEARS
Re: Enemy Central's Enemy of the Year 2007:

All due respect to Michael Wilbon, I am disappointed that Rev. Gore did not receive top honors. I often tell friends that I hope the Almighty has reserved a special place in Hades for Al Gore.

While Richard Nixon was arguably one of the most power-hungry politicians of our time, in 1960, he did not contest the election results in LBJ's Texas and Richard J. Daley's Cook County for the good of the country.

On the other hand, forty years later, so intense was Gore's lust for the Oval Office, that he took the county on a month-long odyssey that was the foundation for all manner of public disturbance by his party for the last seven years on the theme that the Bush presidency was illegitimate. He opened for the door for many in the United States of Sound Bite, including many who know better, to claim that Bush was "selected not elected." He opened the door for buffoons like Nancy Pelosi to engage in foreign policy. In general, he opened the door the Democrats and their cohort groups to blame Bush for every social malady and to attempt to undermine his every policy.

God only knows how much more successful Bush might have been without the leaks, the scandal mongering and Monday morning quarterbacking that were amplified by a hostile mainstream press. And, again, I believe it was Gore's post-election antics that got the ball rolling on the circus that the Democrats have subjected us to for seven long years.

Please keep Al on the short list three years hence when you bestow the Enemy of the Decade Award.
-- Herman Ziebell

What? No mention of Patrick Fitzgerald, the fearless prosecutor? First the Libby travesty. Then the Black persecution. In the meantime, corruption in Chicago flourishes and Fitz is looking the other way.
-- Liz Doheny
Chicago, Illinois

RICHARDSON LOSES WEIGHT
Re: Sean Higgins' Nose-to-Nose With Bill Richardson:

Letter to the Editor

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Nancy Pelosi, Bill Clinton, Sports, Religion, Constitution, Military, Israel, NATO